“Because your grandmother’s clutch is another girl’s treasure." That’s the tagline of the 4rd annual Clutch for a Cause, a benefit for the San Miguel Resource Center. Telluride-based San Miguel Resource Center is the region's only nonprofit serving victims of interpersonal violence. SMRC'S mission: eliminate...
[caption id="attachment_33115" align="alignright" width="300"] What triggers our sense of smell?, image by Source/Corbis[/caption] We take for granted many things rooted in science: leaves falling, runny noses in the cold, static electricity, the scent of roasting coffee, traffic patterns. Each of these phenomena carries biological, chemical, or...
Behind every work of art there is a story. At Telluride Arts and Architecture Weekend’s kickoff party Wednesday night, it was clear that this festival is about uncovering the stories behind Telluride – or at least behind the clothes, food, homes, and theater that are...
[caption id="attachment_32974" align="alignright" width="252"] Tift Merritt[/caption] Three-day passes are available for the Telluride Americana Music Fest & Songwriter Showcase at the Sheridan Opera House, July 18–20. The event features Tift Merritt, Hayes Carll, John Fullbright, The Wagoneers, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, and Lincoln Durham. New...
Telluride Mushroom Festival and The Telluride Institute are proud to present the 32nd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Thursday, August 15- Sunday, August 18, 2013. This year's festival is focused on the use of fungi as medicine for the environment and for people. For 32 years, the...
[caption id="attachment_32776" align="alignright" width="300"] Josh Landis Press Play Theatre[/caption] Explore the creative spaces and great minds of Telluride, Colorado Telluride’s Art + Architecture Weekend is a unique opportunity to explore the distinct art, design, and culinary treasures of Telluride. For three days, artists, chefs, and architects open...
[caption id="attachment_32735" align="alignright" width="200"] Artist at work, Ron Allred[/caption] The auction in brief: The Ah Haa School for the Arts 21st annual art auction. It's all about "The Wild Years" in "To-Hell-U-Ride," the 1970s, when the region began a steady march from (relative) famine to feast, hippy...
[caption id="attachment_32640" align="alignright" width="300"] Big Head Todd, C. Taylor Crothers[/caption] Three words that instantly brighten up any dark associations with the Colorado town named "Columbine": Former Columbine locals, Big Head Todd (& The Monsters). Over nearly three decades – college-town concerts in the 1980s to national festival...
[caption id="attachment_32460" align="alignright" width="300"] Tias Little in Crow[/caption] The Sanskrit word “prajna” (from”pra” or before and the root “jna,” to know) can be variously translated as “wisdom,” “insight” ” profound understanding,” “discernment,” and “know-how.” In the Buddhist tradition, prajna connotes true or transcendental wisdom, one of the highest...
[caption id="attachment_32492" align="alignright" width="300"] Drive By Truckers[/caption] Hitch a rockin' ride with Drive By Truckers at Telluride's 2nd annual Ride Festival, also featuring David Byrne & St. Vincent, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Cake, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Son Volt, The Revivalists,...
